香港大学建筑学院

Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (CFST) columns are a type of composite structure that has been widely used nowadays. It is known for its ability to withstand ultimate compressive strength and its efficient responsiveness in buildings with a modern appearance that transcends large spatial spans. Many design standards of many countries have also proposed calculation formulas, but design equations meet limitations due to experimental tests. If experimental data is large, specifically 663 specimens of CFST columns, determining the critical compressive strength for each sample is reliable and convenient in the case of Machine Learning prediction. In this study, prediction models of Supervised Learning approaches in Machine Learning such as Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Linear Support Vector Regressor, Random Forest, Decision Tree, and KNN will be performed effectively in predicting the ultimate strength of CFST columns with only experimental raw data. The results obtained by this study show different influences in using the prediction models of the supervised learning approaches. Besides, to increase the stability of the prediction models, a cross-validation technique called K-fold is used with the data set divided into two parts, including 80% for training data and 20% for test data.

This study investigated industrial heritage elements and associated landscapes along the railway corridor of Lampang Province, Thailand, and potential (re)uses for tourism development by approaches in relation to the industrial heritage concept. The study employed the qualitative approach utilizing field surveys and focus group discussion with key informants, and an additional questionnaire- based survey. The findings highlight significant potential of mining and railway heritage that can be developed for tourism in the future. The study proposed alternative approaches for future interpretation, with a remark addressing that more research is required, as academic studies in this field still lack, in order to advance the academic and practical areas of the industrial heritage in Thailand.

The research is prompted by the need to merge architecture and nature through the homogenization of architectural space and landscape. When uniting the architecture and the nature, an unbreakable connection is created, represented in the pictorial form. A link that allows the human to be part of this homogenization, without affecting it, but on the contrary, giving it spirituality and purpose while satisfying the basic purpose of this architectural space. In addition to the connection that is created as a result of unification and is considered a primary, architecture - nature; architecture – landscape, there is also a connection that is related to the character of the space, a connection that brings together two deeply ancient close activities, architecture and art. The aim of the research is to develop and interpret the image of this relation architecture - nature, through the adaptation and the essence of the architectural space, while allowing appropriate use and constant inspiration that are directly related to the program features of this architectural space.

One of the major aims when researching some problems in architectural design of buildings is to fully understand and adequately apply the underlying scientific foundations that architects use in their projects. In this paper we analyze the application possibilities of the Weber’s focal-directorial curves in the approximation of ground-base contour line of architectural objects i.e. buildings. Thus, a Weber’s curve with m foci and n directrices was defined. Furthermore, particular qualifiers were introduced in order to estimate the level of adequacy of the conducted approximation. The importance of the research can be sought in the fact that the exact procedure has been created with its applicability in architectural-urban design of contemporary forms as well as in the domain of the historical heritage and conservation in the sense of the creating proper geometrical models for further computer aided use.

Culture and creativity were always an essential part of city growth, but today they are integrated in the life of cities as a part of official strategies or as an action of a group of artists and people, working in the cultural and creative industries. Culture and creativity form part of many concepts of urban development promoted as an acceptable response to the challenges of globalization. As a part of urban development policy, they are expected to enable sustainable development, and they rely on human potential, local comparative advantages and development of technologies. The main principles of these concepts are communication, social networks, technology, adaptability, concentration, synergy and inclusion. As any paradigm, creative cities are challenged on many levels, in theory and in practice. Using culture and creativity as a resource and marketing value should be thoughtful, since it can have a significant impact on society. This paper will present some arguments about policies and critics of creative cities, as well as the required preconditions, organizational forms, their development path and relation to inclusion. This paper will present the case study of Savamala, as an example of urban regeneration through creating a cultural and creative quarter in Belgrade, and within a method of multicase study, include two more examples of cultural and creative strategies, the cases of Shanghai and Copenhagen, and by analyzing top-down and bottom-up initiatives, some conclusions about potentials and risks of those strategies will be drawn.